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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A plant tissue characteristic of the roots, located between the endodermis and phloem.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The outermost zone of cells of the stele immediately within the endodermis.

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  • noun botany : In a plant root, the cylinder of plant tissue between the endodermis and phloem.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French péricycle, from Greek perikuklos, spherical : peri-, peri- + kuklos, circle; see cycle.]

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  • Vascular tissue 142 a. The pericycle is the first layer of cells within the vascular cylinder 1) Its cells have retained the capacity to divide.

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  • Vascular tissue 142 a. The pericycle is the first layer of cells within the vascular cylinder 1) Its cells have retained the capacity to divide.

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  • The rest of the root forming the central core is the stele and at its periphery there is a single layer of cells called the = pericycle =.

    A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari

  • The number of xylem groups is fairly large and the development of the xylem is from the pericycle towards the centre of the stele.

    A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari

  • Arrows denote GUS expression in pericycle cells following NAA treatments.

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  • Chen, X.Y.; Yamada, Y.; Hashimoto, T.: An Atropa bel - ladonna hyoscyamine 6b-hydroxylase gene is differentially expressed in the root pericycle and anthers.

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  • Monocot roots also have pericycle, endodermis, cortex, and epidermis.

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  • Monocot roots also have pericycle, endodermis, cortex, and epidermis.

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  • Slide 6: cortex pericycle pith Xylem endodermis epidermis F ก F Fก 10x

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  • Slide 7: F ก F Fก 40x pericycle xylem pith phloem endodermis

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  • (n): (plant anatomy) a cylinder of parenchyma cells that lies just inside the endodermis and is the outermost part of the stele of plant stems and branches.

    January 4, 2009